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xxiv. 4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart : who hath not lift up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
1 i Sam. XXV. 22; So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning4ight any that pissetli against the wall. Ver. 32. And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee thij day to meet me : Ver. 33. And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this daj from comiDg to shed blood, an^ iron!
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nor is it to be violated, although made to hereticks or infidels "'.
\ . A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, ^and ouirht to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness". ;/ VT. It is not to be made to any creature, but to God 'alone'': and that it maybe accepted, it is to be made
voluntarily,
ll^m avengingf myself with mine own hand. Ver. 34. For in very , as the Lord God of Israel :, which hath kept me back hurting thee, except thou hadst d and come to meet me, surely had not been left unto Nabal morning-light any that pisseth t the wall. Psal. xv. 4. In eyes a vile person is con- d ; but he honourcth them : -ar the Lord: he that swear- to his own hurt, and changeth not.
"^ Ezek. xvii. 16. As 1 live, saith the Lord God, surely in this place where the king dwelWth that nTxde him king, whose oath he ;in "with him, in the midst of Babylon he shall die. Ver. 18. Seeing he despistd the oath, by breaking the ftovenant, (when, lo, he had given liis hand,) and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. Ver. 19. Th(. refore thus saith the Lord God, As I live, surely mine oath that he lath despised, and my covenant that lie hath broken, even it will I re- compense upon his own head. Josh. r. 18. And the children of Israel wiote them not, because the princes )f the congregation had sworn unto hem by the l>ord God of Israel : and Jl the congregation murmured against he princes. Ver. 10. But all the jrinces said unto all the congrega- ion, We b:>ve sworn unto them
by the Lord God of Israel : now therefore we may not touch them. With 2 Sam. xxi. 1. Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year ; and David enquired of the Lord : and the I^ord answered. It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he slew the GiLeonites.